Questions

I have an energy bar that I'm taking to market now and I want a strong name/brand for it. My product is very strong. I've been eating my bars for over 7 years now and recently it has received...

Branding

asked May 11 '11 at 21:23

Matt Zembruski
16 points

I am just venturing into a new product and one thing I realised is that "Price is the ONLY one advantage" I have. I have solid web-development experience and I can build web apps in a fraction of...

Pricing Bootstrapped Competition

asked May 17 '11 at 04:42

User8226
197 points

We recently formed a new LLC in the state of Delaware. The company is entirely web based and has 4 members located in 3 different states: California, Idaho, and Texas. The reason for forming in...

LLC

asked Jul 16 '11 at 07:19

Mike
16 points

I have read in a couple of places on how RBI has come down severely on PayPal accounts, blocking them etc... Is it a big issue and is there a risk in opening PayPal accounts for a B2B marketplace...

Getting Started

asked May 24 '12 at 18:28

Disha
16 points

Founding my business included a lot of desperation and hard work. Neither do or did I have the social support that was and is necessary to endure tough times. A lot of people recommend working...

Team Support

asked May 30 '13 at 17:44

Zurechtweiser
114 points

Early stage technology startup in the software space. It is the beginning of the year or quarter. Do you recommend setting quarterly revenue targets which are based on yearly projection? or do you...

Technology

asked Oct 11 '09 at 20:21

Usman Sheikh
1,728 points

My company sells fee-based online services in addition to a free basic online service and product. How would one call an entity subscribed for a free service and distinguishably name another that...

Software Web Definitions Terms And Conditions TOS

asked Mar 5 '11 at 15:20

Gennady Vanin Novosibirsk
133 points

A little background: A few months ago, I approached a good friend of mine with a nice offer:To make apps for a specific platform along with marketing and distributing them. He knew very little...

Partnerships

asked Mar 21 '11 at 09:08

Maq
197 points

I have a friend that lives in another country and wants to join my startup, working part time outside his day job. He said he'll work on weekends mostly. I've started it about 1 year ago working on...

Co-Founder

asked Jul 16 '11 at 07:52

Leadgy
222 points

We have a product which we would like to market using LinkedIn. Now I have a group of contacts(1'st connections) in LinkedIn who are our prospects. But I have never interacted with them. My...

Marketing

asked Mar 26 '12 at 20:28

Feroz
14 points

I've developed a web-based RSS reader and it seems the next logical step would be to create apps for the various mobile platforms (iOS, Android, etc.). But I have no idea where to begin and I would...

Development Apps RSS

asked Dec 4 '12 at 07:50

Richard
357 points

We're a team of 4 (two of us are founders) and the other two are early employees. When we go pitch VCs to try and raise a seed round, should the entire team go or just my co-founder and I? One...

Venture Capital Pitch

asked Feb 7 '14 at 14:22

Zohra Sahertian
26 points

Most books on business rarely talk about the legal side of business. After reading some business books I have realised that there's so many things about legal side of business that we have to...

Books Recommendations Legal

asked Jan 30 '10 at 20:32

Jpartogi
1,342 points

Assuming one wants to launch a website with good reviews from beta-testers-users, is it worth spending money on Search Engine Optimization consulting/specialists or does a hacker with good IT...

Consulting Benefits SEO

asked Oct 2 '11 at 10:46

J Verstry
152 points

How do you feel about giving away free licenses (original price: $2000 ) to universities, charities and open source projects of your software to spread the word? Is it a good idea? Shall we...

Marketing Sales Software License

asked Dec 20 '09 at 00:13

The Dictator
2,305 points

I’m in the early planning phase of a funding round for a startup in NYC as a second office for a software company that is headquartered in Germany (ca. 50 employees). For a presentation I’m trying...

Benefits Business International

asked Feb 28 '11 at 23:37

Martin Buberl
181 points

We wanted to start a little startup, but things changed after a big company asked us to do some modules, and after being in talks, we thought now that it will be best to start with the small that...

Getting Started Exit Strategy Large Companies

asked Dec 2 '11 at 01:29

Tyoc213
41 points

We're in the process of launching a "social contest and campaign builder" tech start-up, months away from launching in fact. What pre-launch strategies have worked for your start-up? What are the...

Getting Started

asked Feb 17 '12 at 05:47

Mike Barwick
133 points

I created a LinkedIn company page a while back, but never did anything with it. Now I’m considering spending a little bit of time trying to use the company page to create brand awareness and...

Social Media Branding Linkedin Lead Generation

asked Feb 10 '13 at 02:55

Zuly Gonzalez
9,194 points

I am employee #1 in a startup with some substantial equity in it. Our startup was funded by angel money and I have worked from the beginning for a salary way below market rate. Now, venture round...

Venture Capital Salary Compensation

asked Mar 17 '13 at 02:55

User25504
16 points